Paris: Privately printed, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Itinerary of the Pelliot Mission. Three Years in Upper Asia. mimeographed, translated from Pelliot's article in L'Illustration. TEN Original photos inserted in text (presumably these were originals from the magazine illustration). Paul Pelliot made an important three year journey through Central Asia, Chinese... More

London: Seeley Service, 1923. First. Hardcover. 464 pp, ill, folding map. Pennell was a medical missionary to spend his entire life working in Northern India and Central Asia. VG on black stamped cloth. Some wear on edges of board and occassional fading to black binding. More

Philadelpha: Lippincott. First. Hardcover. an account of the institution as it existed in the palace of the Turkist sultans with a history of the grand seraglio from its foundations to the present time. 277 pp, 35 ill in half tone, 7 photogravures and folding plan. Near fine copy in vg-vg+ dj. More

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1973. First. Hardcover. 272 pp, ill. A remarkable journey in an attempt to fill in a recent "blank on the map" as regards the Caucasus and its environs. Near fine in vg+ dj. More

NY: Pantheon, 1981. First. Hardcover. Four expeditions to the arctic, the congo, the Gobi Desert and Siberia. 184 pp, maps, profuse ill. Four expeditions related by the author with the help of the American Museum of Natural History. Near fine in like dj. Interesting reading. More

NY: Hugh Lauter Levin Assoc, 1990. First. Hardcover. Masterpieces from Czarist Russia. 112 pp. History of Faberge and the Romanovs and then showing, in spectacular full color, some of the best of his eggs, with complete detailed descriptions. Copy like new complete with errata sheet for one item incorrectly described... More

Ithaca NY: Cornell Univ Press, 1952. First. Hardcover. 771 pp, profuse ill, text maps. Large pull out folding map in rear pocket. The highlands of the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia were among the last unexplored parts of the world. In 1932 and again in 1936-7 Philby ventured into these... More

London: Robert Hale, 1952. First. Hardcover. 280 pp, ill. The first full length biography of one of the most remarkable men in Middle Eastern Politics by the man who for many years served as his advisor. VG+ in jacket but there are large pieces chipped from jacket esp. on spine... More

Louvain: Imprimerie Orientaliste, 1950. First in English. Orig Printed Wraps. Extract (7 pp) translated into English from the Museon (French). Very scarce Philby items and this is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED - American Embassy Jidda with the compliments of H St J Philby 28/2/51. VG+ in original printed wraps. Surely scarce... More

Dehra Dun, India: Surveyor General of India, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 volumes All have map endpapers and the Survey of India gilt crests on front cover but they crests from vol 1 and 2 differ from those on vol 3 and 4. Vol 1 & 2 have Vol 1... More

London: Richard Bentley, 1883. First. Hardcover. Two vol in one as issued. 272 and 250 pp. Ill. A follow up to his former Sport in the Crimea and Caucasus. Continued hunting and travel through the areas in and around the Caucasus mountains from the Black Sea to Baku and even... More

NP: Reynal & Co, 1967. First American. Hardcover. 246 pp. ill. Author has written extensively on this country and also was economic advisor to the King of Oman. Much on the slave trade and Omani Empire in Africa. More

Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1962. First English. Hardcover. 549 pp, ill. Story of the military stalemate on the northeast China battlefront. Good only to VG in vg (closed tears at corners) jacket. Some indentation in board where string probably tied book. Internally nice. More

Edinburg: Scottish Academic Press, 1983. First. Hardcover. The Extraordinary adventures of Major Eldred Pottinger. Pottinger was engaged on a solitary mission to gather in telligence in Afghanistan when it was attacked. He threw off his disguise and led the defence forces until it was freed by the British. For that... More

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980. Second Revised. Hardcover. A study in the travel literature of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods with particular reference to India. 382 pp, ill. Pioneers, ambassadors, English Fakirs, Merchant adventurers,Chaplains. Appendices and select bibliography. Indec. VG in like dj. More

London: Longmans, Green, 1892. First. Hardcover. 268 pp, ill, folding map in rear. The fascinating story of two arduous journeys via a hitherto virtually unexplored route. VG-VG+ in original gilt pictorial bright blue cloth. Some wear at corners and couple of closed tears in spine but overall a bright and attractive copy. More

NY: Praeger, 1970. First American. Hardcover. Eyewitness accounts of Chinese History. 175 pp, ill. Reports from :distinguished visitors" during each period of China's history. Nine basic periods and about fifteen basic travel accounts summarized. Fine in VG+ jacket. More

London: Wh Allen, 1852. First. Hardcover. Their social and political condition and the religion of Boodh as there existing, compiled from the reports of ancient and modern travellers, esp. Huc's reminiscences of this recent journey.... 178 pp, large folding map in front. A lovely vg+-near fine copy in original green... More

London: Richard Phillips, 1813. First. Plain Linin Over Paper Boards. to the Cape of Good hope, Isles of Bourbon, France and Seychelles, to Madras, and the Isles of Java, St Paul and Amsterdam. 112 pp. Folding map frontis. Bookplate of Percival Bishop. Plain binding deserves to be replaced as this... More